The Fate of Suh Nam-pyo

After two days closing of school, KAIST is going to resume its normal operation on Wednesday of 13 April. The situation may not be turning any better, however, for the president Suh Nam-pyo, who has faced criticizm and forces for his resignation within the past few days after a series of suicides of sudent and a professor of KAIST.

KAIST is in the spotlight in that way it has never been. Alongside news reporters sprawling around the campus, the Ad-hoc Student Assembly is gaining heat with the petition for Suh Nam-pyo resignation and call for school policy reforms. The Ad-Hoc student Assembly, an immediate assembly formed under the Central Executive Committee of KAIST Student Association, aimed to fight for the rights of students in participating the school policy making procedure and right to vote for the next school presidential election.

According to the Ad-hoc Student Assembly, president Suh Nam-pyo is responsible for his 'failed' revolution of tuition fee system. Under his education policy, students are shoved into the realm of 'unlimited competition (무한경쟁)' and creativity is not anymore a product of education due to the fierce competition; The first priority would be the scores and there is no room left for creativity. The Ad-hoc Student Assembly is collecting signatures from students since early Monday, as 202 signatures (1/20 populaton of KAIST) are required to file a memorandum which is to be discussed and submitted on Wednesday 7pm during the student assembly.


A booth set up in front of cafeteria to collect comments and suggestions from students

There are 3 major points to be discussed in the upcoming student assembly:
1) The participation of students in the school policy making procedure
2) The implementation of students' proposition
3) The acknowledgement of president Suh Nam-pyo's failure of his educational
revolution

It will be a tough journey for president Suh's second presidential term of 4 years and it requires strength and wisdom to steer KAIST out of the troubled waters and continue to stand as the first ranked institution in South Korea. Pray for the souls of the deceased.

A last respect for the 4 studets and the professor who committed suicide in the last 3 months